Chelsea unleash attack dogs but Wenger lacks bite

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Sometimes numbers speak louder than words. At Stamford Bridge on Saturday
afternoon, it was not just those writ large on the scoreboard, signalling
José Mourinho’s biggest victory as Chelsea manager and equalling Arsène
Wenger’s heaviest defeat with Arsenal; it was also the wider statistics that
spoke of one team who have rediscovered a big-game mentality and another who
have lost theirs.

In five Barclays Premier League matches against top-four opposition this
season — ie, Chelsea, Liverpool and Manchester City, the teams who occupy
those positions — Arsenal have picked up five points and conceded 17 goals.
They have shipped six away to